[Samba] Samba 3.0.9 doesn't remove printjobs ?

[Collins, Kevin]

Christian:

The print jobs are working just fine, they simply seem to be hanging around
in the client's queues.  Any idea when the updated packages will be out?

Kevin

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christian Merrill [mailto:cmerrill at redhat.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 10:36 AM
> To: Collins, Kevin
> Cc: 't.pompe at architekt-prinz.at'; samba at lists.samba.org
> Subject: Re: [Samba] Samba 3.0.9 doesn't remove printjobs ?
> 
> Collins, Kevin wrote:
> 
> >We just upgraded to Samba 3.0.9 (RedHat Enterprise 3 packages) this 
> >weekend and are now seeing similar issues on our workstations.  I do 
> >not see any printing related errors in our logs however.  I 
> do however 
> >see these "backed up print queues" on every workstation.  We 
> run a mix 
> >of Windows 2000 (SP4) and XP Pro (SP2) machines.  So it appears, at 
> >least in my case, that it's /not/ an XP-SP2 only issue.
> >
> >One other thing to note:
> >
> >We're in the midst of testing/deploying Debian Sarge servers 
> to replace 
> >the RedHat boxes.  On a whim this morning, I created a print server 
> >using one of my already-in-place Debian machines.  To my 
> amazement, the 
> >printer that I have hanging off of the Debian box does /not/ 
> have this issue.
> >
> >What's odd about this...both of the print servers are 
> running version 3.0.9.
> >I've used the supplied distro's packages and not built from 
> source in 
> >either case.  So it appears from my simple tests, that something is 
> >different in the Debian build of Samba that cures this issue.
> >
> >A couple things that need to be said about this...I've only hung one 
> >printer off of the Debian box.  In addition, I've only had two 
> >workstations printing to it - one XP-SP2 and one W2k-SP4.  So it may 
> >very well have something to do with load or other such 
> factor.  But the 
> >problem has not yet appeared with the Debian package.
> >
> >I hope that this gives someone on the development team some 
> clue as to 
> >the exact nature of the problem.
> >
> >I'll be available to answer any questions or fill any need for 
> >information that I can.
> >
> >Kevin
> >
> >  
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: t.pompe at architekt-prinz.at [mailto:t.pompe at architekt-prinz.at]
> >>Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 12:25 PM
> >>To: samba at lists.samba.org
> >>Subject: [Samba] Samba 3.0.9 doesn't remove printjobs ?
> >>
> >>Hello!
> >>I'm using samba with CUPS printing (with raw passthru) for 
> a long time 
> >>now and it worked very well.
> >>
> >>But after upgrading my samba installation from 3.0.2 to 3.0.9, the 
> >>printjobs (sent from XP Workstations) aren't removed from 
> the joblist 
> >>anymore.
> >>Means: the job is printed correctly, but opening the 
> printqueue on the 
> >>XP machine still contains the job (not only mine, but jobs 
> from every 
> >>user who sent one).
> >>When I now delete them manually, they're gone.
> >>
> >>Since I can't find any remaining SMB or CUPS spool-files, (thought 
> >>about missing access rights for deletion) I don't know what to look 
> >>for.
> >>
> >>The only error message I found is: 
> >>tdb(/var/lib/samba/printing/Kyocera7000.tdb): rec_read bad magic 
> >>0xd9fee666 at offset=26084 in /var/log/samba/smbd (but I got this 
> >>message sometimes before the upgrade too ...)
> >>
> >>Thanks for some hints on that (2) problem(s) Thomas
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> >>    
> >>
> Are you seeing a problem where windows clients are able to 
> print but the print queues never clear?  Or are they not even 
> printing?  If you are experiencing the former then this is a 
> RH samba problem that should have been fixed by now -- please 
> let me know.  It also warrants mentioning (per an earlier 
> thread) that our 3.0.9 packages are likely going to be 
> revised in a very short period of time to fix a kerberos 
> related problem.
> 
> Christian
>